Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.

A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision

Success doesn't come to you; you must go to it. The trail is well traveled. If you want to walk it, you can.

You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do.

If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got.

The process of growing and learning always involves risk.

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it.

Goal-setting illuminates the road to success just as runway lights illuminate the landing field for an incoming aircraft

Reading is an activity of the imagination, and the imagination in question is not the writer's alone.

A situation in itself is not powerful

A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults.

I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

Murder? You mean he's dead?" "No. He's resting comfortably," I said. "People always sleep best with their heads at a ninety-degree angle. He looks comfortable, doesn't he?" (Paige & Elena)

Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.

Love is never free ... It is the most expensive emotion we have.

Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space. And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.